Build Catapult: Get Scholarship!

Merrimack College is actually giving you the excuse to build a siege weapon!

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The Bridge Building Continues!

Teams have been hard at work on their bridge designs after school. One more week of building bridges before we begin testing!



There are some very cool designs! We'll see how they end up for testing day...

Popsickle Stick Bridge Design Kick-Off

The SJP Engineering Club kicked off its first project with a Popsicle stick bridge design competition! Over 25 students were in attendance for the event. Students are encouraged to work in groups of 2 or 3 to complete the challenge.

Criteria for the bridge design:

• Bridge must have a minimum width of 1 popsicle stick
• Bridge must span .7 m and not be any longer than .85 m
• Be able to support at least 1 kg load
• Be made only of hot glue and popsicle sticks

We'll test the bridges on Tuesday, March 9th.

The winning bridge will be determined based on the following ratio:

mass_held / mass_bridge

The greatest ration wins!

Good luck to our teams!